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Topic: What are the best Programs for Virtual Tabletop? (Read 2405 times)

I really havent played a table top rpg, but I have been learning more and more about them for the past few months and really want to try. Thing is, none of my friends will give it a try because of it being "too geeky". So, I'm looking towards joining a virtual table top game tolerant of newbies. I would just like to know what I would need to be capable of joining one.

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Fantasy Grounds was one I was looking into a few years back. I just never could get my friends to want to try it. It has the ability to run a number of different type of game systems as well as code it to put in your own system and world information if you so desire. It has a pretty extensive module list for purchase as well I just never found the reason to purchase it since no one would sit down and try it with me. I'd recommend that one though.

Yeah, RPGs are way too Geeky. They are bus playing WoW and Diablo III and stuff and wouldn't play those dorky table top games.....hey, wait a second!

I know the feeling though. For some reason there is a big leap from video games that do the same thing, but not as well in may cases, than our imagination. But using your imagination is geeky and actually having to understand some rules is too much trouble.

You could always try a gateway drug like one of the many RPG board games out there too. Get them in a little with that and then break out the...gasp...rule book of a table top.

Shadows Over Camelot is a great board game. Learned to play it at the last convention I went to. With the addition of all the expansions a large number of people can play that game (8 I think) and it is Arthurian Legend so it is fantasy but it is something that most people know about. King Arthur, Merlin the Magician, etc. It was a bit slow going for the first few turns but once you get the basics down it's a breeze to play. I'm not one for board games but this one was great. I have another one I learned to play which is more Cthulhu-esque but I can not recall the name off the top of my head.